Late former-Playmate seemed drugged in interview with bankruptcy examiner

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Anna Nicole Smith took pills in an interview with her bankruptcy examiner, according to docs.

Updated at 2:27 PM EDT on Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010

A befuddled Anna Nicole Smith lost $2.7 million in jewelry and could not explain to her exasperated bankruptcy examiner how she had come to be in such dire financial straits, newly released government files show.

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In the report, the examiner wrote that the buxom ex-Playmate seemed drugged and would take pills during their meeting, according to the AP.

“She could barely walk, her speech was slurred, she had to lay down in a darkened room as the light bothered her and she could not remember what she said from one moment to the next,” the examiner wrote.

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Smith’s bankruptcy filing came a year after the death of her billionaire husband, J. Howard Marshall – with the resulting court battle over Marshall’s wealth continuing even past Smith’s own death from an accidental drug overdose in February 2007, the AP reports.

The filing shows Smith claimed $154,142 in income from modeling and royalties in 1994 and $274,514 the following year.

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According to the document, Smith also owed back taxes and a $265.63 gas bill.

Among the $2.7 million in jewelry that Smith claimed had gone missing were: two pieces worth nearly a half-million each, a ring with three diamonds (one weighing 8.45 carets), and a platinum necklace with 226 diamonds that totaled nearly 74 carats.

Ron Rake, the executor of Smith’s estate, did not return a call for comment on the file, the AP reported.